Due to the nature of live sports programming the ratings for NBC (Stanley Cup) are approximate and subject to more than the typical adjustments in the final numbers. See below for more information on these Fast Affiliate Ratings.

FOX was the number one network among adults 18-49 and total viewers.

On FOX, So You Think You Can Dance earned a 2.6 among adults 18-49 up 8% from a 2.4 for last Thursday's premiere.

On NBC, the Stanley Cup Finals game one, which went into overtime, scored a 1.0 adults 18-49 rating down 44% from a 1.8 final rating for the first game last year, though this number will in all probability be adjusted in the final ratings. Edit: Although it's interesting to note that last year's game 1 preliminary rating was also a 1.8, so the finals adjustments may not be substantial.

On CBS, the series premiere of reality show Dogs In the City scored a 1.3 among adults 18-49.

On the CW, the season finale of America's Next Top Model garnered a 0.6 among adults 18-49 up from last week's 0.4.

Late-night results are below the primetime data.

Overnight ratings for Wednesday, May 30, 2012:

Time

Net

Show

18-49 Rating/Sh

Viewers (millions)

8:00

FOX

So You Think You Can Dance (8-10PM)

2.6/8

6.97

CBS

Dogs In the City (Premiere)

1.3/4

6.66

ABC

The Middle - R

1.3/4

5.00

NBC

Stanley Cup Finals (8-11PM) Live

1.0/3

2.71

CW

America's Next Top Model - R

0.4/1

0.93

8:30

ABC

Suburgatory - R

1.2/4

3.83

9:00

ABC

Modern Family - R

1.5/4

4.41

CBS

Criminal Minds - R

1.1/3

5.95

CW

America's Next Top Model (Season Finale)

0.6/2

1.37

9:30

ABC

Happy Endings - R

1.1/3

2.81

10:00

CBS

CSI - R

1.5/4

7.03

ABC

Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23 - R

1.1/3

2.73

10:30

ABC

Modern Family - R

1.1/3

2.64

via NBC press note:

In Late-Night Metered Markets Wednesday night:

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 1.7/5 with an encore telecast delayed by hockey; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.5/6 with an encore; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 2.9/7; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.4/4 with an encore.

In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 0.5/3 with an encore delayed by hockey; "Late Show," 0.5/2 with an encore; "Nightline," 1.0/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.5/3 with an encore.

At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.0/4 in metered-market households with an encore delayed by hockey) trailed CBS's first-run on-time "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.3/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.3/2 in 18-49 with an encore delayed by hockey) tied "Late Late Show" (0.3/2).

At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.6/3 in metered-market households and a 0.2/2 in adults 18-49 with an encore delayed by hockey in the 25 markets with local people meters.

Definitions: Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.

Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.

Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)

Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.

WOW that’s really disappointing for the Stanley Cup and pretty sad it was a great game

Joel

i think this shows Happy Endings & Don’t Trust The B in Apartment 23 will go well together this fall!

Petar

@kyle
i guess king james and rondo big game kill sc final.

disney rocks

SYTYCD did good; strange Fox shortened it to one night?

Sports Preemption

Don’t trust the ratings yet. You have to imagine that a lot of the LA market and the rest of California watched that game and none of their ratings are going to be in the fast overnights. Wait until the finals before we can see how it compared to last year. Also the game went into overtime and went past 11, and this only has the 8-11 window.

I’ll also say Happy Endings was preempted here in the Tampa market. Don’t know if that occurred anywhere else.

Ben Thompson

Wow those are some shockingly low numbers for the game. It’ll rise up in the finals one the LA numbers are in but still will probably be lower than last years Game 1.

disney rocks

Will CBS continue to air DITC?

Brandy

So glad Top Model is up. Sophie was the right choice for the winner.

Barbarossa

Can’t say I’m entirely sur[pised at the NHL rating, so I’ll wait for the finals. Still I think for the final average will be low 4 millions.

Kings in 6

PJM

It’s not really a surprise when you consider who was in the last 2 Stanley Cups vs. this one. Last year, the Celtics were already out of the playoffs by the time the Bruins were in the Cup, and the year before that it was 2 bona fide sports towns in Philly and Chicago. The Tri-State area might have tuned in for the Rangers in the Cup but not the Devils, and L.A. is suffering from playoff overload, the Kings taking the brunt of it.

Greg

Maybe ANTM should be airing only on summers. It’ll obviously fail on Fridays this fall.

Lisa

Dogs in the City should be on Animal Planet instead of CBS.

Last night’s broadcast schedule was terrible. I watched a couple of the comedies due to lack of other options, and I didn’t laugh once.

Stanley Cup should go up in the Final rating. Game went to Overtime which is probably when it’s viewership peaked. OT started at about 11 and ended around 11:15.

But that’s honestly not that bad for the NHL, considering the 2 teams playing are near the bottom of the league in terms of popularity.

http://tvbythenumbers.com Bill Gorman

“Don’t trust the ratings yet. You have to imagine that a lot of the LA market and the rest of California watched that game and none of their ratings are going to be in the fast overnights. Wait until the finals before we can see how it compared to last year. Also the game went into overtime and went past 11, and this only has the 8-11 window.”

Not 100% correct, any game time after 11pm Eastern *would* be in the fast affiliate ratings for the Pacific Time zone, but your point about adjustments likely to be more than last year is a good one.

Chris

Pushing the ANTM finale into the summer helped its ratings. Perhaps The CW should let the franchise rest after its upcoming Friday cycle and return it to the summer like its first season.

http://tvbythenumbers.com Bill Gorman

“It’s not really a surprise when you consider who was in the last 2 Stanley Cups vs. this one”

Although last year one of the two teams home market was not included in the US TV ratings, which would have served to depress last year’s ratings.

Networkman

Whoa! CSI repeated well. Also The Middle does great in repeats. Lastly, ANTM season finale performed decently, garnering a .6 demo. Not bad considering it is a reality show up in years and competing against SYTYCD after Memorial Day.